It’s been quite a few months since I’ve posted a blog. I keep starting them, and then decide they aren’t good enough. I guess a new year is a good time to just go for it.
Jake and I have been living at my parents’ house since the beginning of October. There are no rentals that allow two big Labradors. After a couple months of searching, and a couple deals that fell through, we’ve bought a house! We’re still in escrow technically, but things look good. Escrow should close by the 19th of this month, and we can start the work. The whole place smells like smoke so we are replacing the floors, and texturing and painting the walls. So it may be a week or two before we can actually move in. But what a glorious day it will be. Not that it hasn’t been great living with my parents, but I have to walk through the snow to get to a bathroom.
All in all, it’s been a great year. Jake and I have taken chances, made mistakes, and stood by each other in uncertain times. Jake’s grandfather had heart surgery. My brother went to drug rehab. We’re still waiting to hear if Jake passed his licensing test. I decided not to go back to school for this year. Oh, and lets not forget…we’re living in my parents’ storage room. If that isn’t a time when we need to stick together, I’m not sure what is.
This New Year I plan on taking more pictures. I decided to make a new photo album of this last year for Facebook, and had to search my computer, my dad’s computer, and my grandma’s computer to find a handful of pictures! Our whole first year together, and a dozen pictures is all I find? We took trips. We had experiences. Exciting things happened. And I didn’t have a camera for any of it. That's my resolution. :)
Jake and I have been living at my parents’ house since the beginning of October. There are no rentals that allow two big Labradors. After a couple months of searching, and a couple deals that fell through, we’ve bought a house! We’re still in escrow technically, but things look good. Escrow should close by the 19th of this month, and we can start the work. The whole place smells like smoke so we are replacing the floors, and texturing and painting the walls. So it may be a week or two before we can actually move in. But what a glorious day it will be. Not that it hasn’t been great living with my parents, but I have to walk through the snow to get to a bathroom.
All in all, it’s been a great year. Jake and I have taken chances, made mistakes, and stood by each other in uncertain times. Jake’s grandfather had heart surgery. My brother went to drug rehab. We’re still waiting to hear if Jake passed his licensing test. I decided not to go back to school for this year. Oh, and lets not forget…we’re living in my parents’ storage room. If that isn’t a time when we need to stick together, I’m not sure what is.
This New Year I plan on taking more pictures. I decided to make a new photo album of this last year for Facebook, and had to search my computer, my dad’s computer, and my grandma’s computer to find a handful of pictures! Our whole first year together, and a dozen pictures is all I find? We took trips. We had experiences. Exciting things happened. And I didn’t have a camera for any of it. That's my resolution. :)
